Improvement in belt-buckles



l. SPRUCE.

Belt-Buckies.

N0.\57,883 v Patented Dec.15,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEa JAMES SPRUCE, OF WATEBBURY, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO THE SCO- VILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BELT-BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,883, dated December15, 1874; application filed Mey 11, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMEs SPEUCE, of Waterbury, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inBelt-Buckle; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the,V accompanying drawings and the letters ot'reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in

Figure l, a front view of the parts clasped together; Fig. 2, one part,and Fig. 3 the other part, detached; Fig. 4, a rear View, the parts asclasped together; Fig. 5, a longitudinal section on line .r x,- and inFig. 6, a detached rear view of the part Fig. 2.

This invention relates to an improvement in what are known asbelt-buckles, the object being to tirrnly secure the two parts together,so that they cannot be accidentally detached; and the invention consistsin forming one part to set against a shoulder of the other part, so asto define its position, combined with a turnbutton on one part to passthrough a correspondin g opening in the other part, and turned to lockthe two parts together, and an incline or inclines on one part to bindthe parts together, as more fully hereinafter described.

A is one part, and B the other part, each provided with loops C, orsuitable means for attachment to the respective ends of the belt.

The inner edge of the part A may be of any suitable conliguraton. Thepart B` is raised, so as to form a shoulder, as at a, correspondingsubstantially to the inner edge of the part A, and this is preferablymade of ornamental configuration, so that, when the parts are settogether, the shoulder a on the part A and its extreme inner edge willform a central ornament on the buckle-plate; but this is not essential.Ou the back side ot' the part B is a turn-button, D, extending throughthe plate, with a boss, E, on the outside, attached to said button, sothat by turning said boss E the button may be turned. The part A isformed with an opening, F, corresponding to the button D, so that whenturned in the positionin Fig. 3, and the two parts set together, thebutton will pass through the opening F, and the button then being turnedtransversely across the opening F, as seen in Figs. 1,4, and 5, willlock the two parts together, so that they cannot be separated until thebutton is turned into line with the opening. In order to bind the twoparts together I form a slight incline, d, upon opposite angles oi' theopening F on the back side, up which inclines the button D will ridewhen turned, and thus draw the two parts closely together. The boss Eupon the outside serves as an additional ornament to the center.

I claim as my invention- A buckle consisting ot' the two parts A B, oneof which is provided with the turn-button D, the other with acorresponding opening, F, the said opening constructed with an inclineor inclines, d, substantially as and for the purpose described.

JAMES SPRUCE.

Witnesses:

A. J. T1BBrTs, J oHN E. EARLE.

